Open studios went well – if a little quiet due to engineering works on the tube. I had some very positive feedback on the work – the map initially draws people in as they can’t resist trying to read it, next they start to try to decipher what is actually on the paper that has been used. Observing this engagement is pleasing as it suggests that the work suits it’s intention.
i have been hard at work on the second section which seems to have claimed its own form – being almost comet like. I’m not entirely sure if this is a good thing or not. I temporarily installed both pieces together in the studio to see how they relate to each other. After the Big Draw the plan is to work them together to form a continuous relief. I definitely want to make a third form (always my intention) but need some time to work out how that is going to develop. I have an idea that it needs to do with the future of the area, something to do with renewable energy and young people/ children’s visions of how it might be. I am speaking to QE Boys next week and also to a range of Fine Art students at Middlesex University in the next week or two so perhaps so ideas may come from those meetings.
Any thoughts anyone?
